Letter: SHG’s Simon Cory will be missed

Simon Cory was a tireless worker, dedicating decades of his life to Sacred Heart-Griffin High School and the Springfield community at large.

I had the privilege of being one of Mr. Coryís students, a rare treat considering he only taught a few years in his career at SHG.

Instead of teaching, Mr. Cory was busy changing peopleís lives in other ways, most notably by bringing the Kairos retreat program to the SHG community during his tenure as campus minister. Anyone who attended a Kairos retreat (many, as the program is entering its 22nd year) directly benefitted from this manís efforts.

Whether he was a teacher, a dean, a campus minister, a coworker or just a friend, the lives of every person he met were all the better for it. How else can we measure the greatness of a man than by how and how deeply he affects those around him?

God bless Simon, and God bless the Cory family for sharing him with us all these years.

Sam Mounce

Spaulding

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